FIBA Americas Championship 2007

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FIBA Americas Championship 2007
13th FIBA American Basketball Championship
Official website
FIBA Americas Championship 2007
Tournament details
Host nation	United States
Dates	August 22 – September 2
Teams	10 (from 44 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	USA (6th title)
MVP	Luis Scola
Tournament statistics
	Players	Teams
PPG	Barbosa (21.8)	USA (116.7)
Rebounds	Batista (12.4)	Canada (39.8)
Assists	Prigioni (6.3)	USA (25.9)

The FIBA Americas Championships 2007 (The Tournament of the Americas) was a basketball tournament held at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas from August 22 to September 2. It was the thirteenth staging of the FIBA Americas Championship.

It was originally going to be hosted in Venezuela – however, they failed to pay a $1.5 million fee as of August 31, 2006. As such, their hosting privileges were taken away.

Several countries had shown interest in hosting the tournament, including: United States, Chile, Argentina and Puerto Rico. The United States has not hosted it since 1992, Chile has never hosted it, Argentina held it last in 2001 and Puerto Rico last hosted in 2003.

1 Qualification
2 Format
- 2.1 Tie-breaking criteria
3 Squads
4 Preliminary round
- 4.1 Group A
- 4.2 Group B
5 Quarterfinals
- 5.1 Standings
- 5.2 Schedule
6 Medal Round
7 Final standings
8 References
9 External links

[edit] Qualification

Participating countries (orange) and the host country (maroon).

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2006; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.

North America: Canada, USA
Caribbean and Central America: Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela

The tournament draw took place Wednesday, March 21, in Las Vegas. The teams were split into 5 pots; those drawn first went to Group A, those drawn last went to Group B.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D	Pot E
Argentina USA	Brazil Puerto Rico	Panama Venezuela	Canada Uruguay	Mexico Virgin Islands

The draw split the tournament into two groups:^[1]

Group A

Argentina
Mexico
Panama
Puerto Rico
Uruguay

Group B

Brazil
Canada
USA
Virgin Islands
Venezuela

[edit] Format

The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals.
Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over.
The top four teams at the quarterfinals advance to the semifinals (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3).
The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, where both are guaranteed of berths in the 2008 Olympics. The losers figure in a third-place playoff. The semifinal losers and the 5th best team in the quarterfinals are assured of berths to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008

[edit] Tie-breaking criteria

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

Head to head results
Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

[edit] Squads

Main article: FIBA Americas Championship 2007 squads

[edit] Preliminary round

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Times given below are in United States Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	First Tiebreaker Record in Games Against Tied Teams	Second Tiebreaker Goal Average in Games Between Tied Teams
Argentina	8	4	0	390	319	+71
Uruguay	7	3	1	330	335	-5
Puerto Rico	5	1	3	351	336	+15	1W-1L	197/167, 1.18
Mexico	5	1	3	355	379	-24	1W-1L	190/184, 1.03
Panama	5	1	3	338	395	-57	1W-1L	162/198, 0.82

August 22
12:30 p.m.

Uruguay

88 – 84
(OT)

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
USA	8	4	0	461	267	+194
Brazil	7	3	1	345	344	+1
Canada	6	2	2	303	344	-41
Venezuela	5	1	3	317	383	-66
Virgin Islands	4	0	4	321	409	-88

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	First Tiebreaker Record in Games Against Tied Teams
USA	14	7	0	791	541	+250
Argentina	13	6	1	626	530	+96
Brazil	11	4	3	606	590	+16
Puerto Rico	10	3	4	582	590	-8	1W-0L
Canada	10	3	4	538	586	-48	0W-1L
Uruguay	9	2	5	550	648	-98	1W-0L
Mexico	9	2	5	636	703	-67	0W-1L
Venezuela	8	1	6	522	663	-141

August 27 12:30 p.m.		Uruguay	88 – 95	Canada	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 18-25, 20-23, 27-22, 24-25

August 27 3:00 p.m.		Argentina	98 – 63	Venezuela	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 28-10, 23-24, 28-19, 19-10

August 27 5:30 p.m.		Brazil	75 – 97	Puerto Rico	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 13-19, 15-20, 26-26, 21-32

August 27 8:00 p.m.		USA	127 – 100	Mexico	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 45-23, 20-28, 36-27, 26-22

August 28 12:30 p.m.		Venezuela	88 – 79	Uruguay	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 25-25, 26-10, 17-20, 20-24

August 28 3:00 p.m.		Canada	70 – 85	Argentina	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 8-26, 8-20, 24-16, 30-23

August 28 5:30 p.m.		Mexico	90 – 104	Brazil	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 22-24, 17-29, 24-34, 27-17

August 28 8:00 p.m.		Puerto Rico	78 – 117	USA	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 15-24, 12-35, 29-29, 22-29

August 29 12:30 p.m.		Canada	97 – 80	Mexico	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 21-22, 26-9, 29-24, 21-25

August 29 3:00 p.m.		Venezuela	63 – 92	Puerto Rico	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 16-20, 19-27, 10-15, 18-30

August 29 6:30 p.m.		Argentina	86 – 79 (OT)	Brazil	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 16-23, 12-19, 22-16, 21-13. Overtime/s: 15-8

August 29 8:00 p.m.		Uruguay	79 – 118	USA	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 21-31, 17-35, 26-29, 15-23

August 30 1:30 p.m.		Mexico	101 – 91	Venezuela	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 19-27, 27-23, 31-15, 24-26

August 30 4:00 p.m.		Brazil	96 – 62	Uruguay	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 24-17, 20-20, 30-8, 22-17

August 30 6:30 p.m.		Puerto Rico	72 – 66	Canada	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 21-18, 14-16, 23-9, 14-23

August 30 9:00 p.m.		USA	91 – 76	Argentina	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 28-13, 21-17, 24-22, 18-24

Semi finals			Final

September 1 - 4:00 p.m.
USA	135
Puerto Rico	91

			September 2 - 4:00 p.m.
			USA	118
			Argentina	81


			Third place
September 1 - 1:00 p.m.		September 2 - 1:00 p.m.
Argentina	91	Puerto Rico	111
Brazil	80		Brazil	107

September 1 1:00 p.m.	Argentina	91 – 80	Brazil	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
	Scoring by quarter: 17-22, 18-21, 30-13, 26-24
	Pts: Scola 27 Rebs: Scola 9 Assts: Prigioni 5		Pts: Barbosa, Garcia 16 each Rebs: Splitter 9 Assts: da Silva 5

FIBA Americas Championship 2007

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Contents

[edit] Qualification

[edit] Format

[edit] Tie-breaking criteria

[edit] Squads

[edit] Preliminary round

[edit] Group A

[edit] Group B

[edit] Quarterfinals

[edit] Standings

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Medal Round

[edit] Bracket

[edit] Semifinals

[edit] Third place game

[edit] Final

[edit] Final standings

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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September 1 4:00 p.m.	USA	135 – 91	Puerto Rico	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
	Scoring by quarter: 33-27, 24-15, 43-28, 35-21
	Pts: Anthony 27 Rebs: Howard 6 Assts: James 9		Pts: Ayuso 22 Rebs: Falcón 8 Assts: Arroyo 5

September 2 1:00 p.m.		Brazil	107 – 111	Puerto Rico	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
		Scoring by quarter: 12-26, 31-22, 26-33, 38-30

September 2 4:00 p.m.	Argentina	81 – 118	USA	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
	Scoring by quarter: 14-35, 20-24, 27-34, 20-25
	Pts: Luis Scola 23 Rebs: Guillermo Kammerichs 23 Assts: Scola, Porta 3 each		Pts: LeBron James 31 Rebs: Carmelo Anthony 8 Assts: Kobe Bryant 8

Rank	Team	Record
1	USA	10-0
2	Argentina	8-2
Failed to Reach Final
3	Puerto Rico	5-5
4	Brazil	5-5
Failed to Reach Semifinals
5	Canada	4-4
6	Uruguay	3-5
7	Mexico	2-6
8	Venezuela	2-6
Failed to Reach Quarterfinals
9	Panama	1-3
10	Virgin Islands	0-4